Softworld, a Kelly Company
Mechanical Engineer - Mounting & Packaging
Softworld, a Kelly Company, Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States, 48310
Mechanical Engineer - Mounting & Packaging
Job Title:
Mechanical Engineer - Mounting & Packaging
Base pay range $45.00/hr - $60.00/hr
Job Location:
Sterling Hearts MI 48310
Onsite Requirements
Strong Mechanical Design & Packaging Experience (NX or Creo + GD&T)
Shock/Vibration Isolation & LRU Mounting
Full Lifecycle Integration Experience (Prototype → Production)
Job Description
This position is for a mechanical engineer to design, develop and release LRU mounting, shock and vibration attenuation mounting, radio racks, brush guards, and all aspects of stowage on military ground vehicles.
Depending on workload demands, this person may also work in other areas such as fuel systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and automatic fire suppression systems, driver controls, lighting, crew seating, and other mechanical subsystems.
Responsibilities
Design and integrate shock/vibration LRU mounts, complete stowage packaging, and other mechanical elements into military vehicles. This will include working with suppliers to develop the subsystems and design components to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental and mine blast requirements.
Apply mechanics of materials, material selection, welding, and fabrication principles for mechanical components and complex welded brackets, mounting provisions.
Decompose vehicle performance requirements in order to perform system analysis and select appropriate components such as sensors, cables, handles, springs, pedals, and mechanisms and conduct detailed design of fluid system custom components.
Generate key characteristics, component specifications and perform component selection for supplier purchased parts.
Support various projects by doing analysis &design, drawing mark-ups, tolerance stacks and generating source data for engineering changes.
Write material requests and shop work requests, track delivery and stock of parts, participate in integration reviews, fit checks, and write reports.
Provide support to prototype and production vehicle build and follow-up, technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and redesign activities.
Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management.
Write test plans and perform testing and evaluation of systems.
Direct and oversee CAD model and drawing development.
Conduct failure analysis and corrective action along with responsible for technical writing and presentations.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (preferred), Mechatronics, or related field, from an ABET accredited program.
10+ years of engineering experience in the defense, aerospace, or automotive industry. Military land vehicle experience is preferred.
Prior experience with Teamcenter and Vis Mockup.
Experience creating and releasing components, assembly models, and detailed drawings using NX or Creo.
Experience creating drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.100 standards.
Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5.
Basic Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat skills are required.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and self-start.
Mind-set to work collaboratively in a team environment for program success.
Experience supporting prototype and/or production build activities.
Experience with root cause and corrective activities.
This client is a US Federal Government contractor and is legally required to hire US Citizens. US Citizens will only be considered for this role
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Distribution, and Engineering
Industries
Engineering Services, Professional Services, and Robotics Engineering
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Mechanical Engineer - Mounting & Packaging
Base pay range $45.00/hr - $60.00/hr
Job Location:
Sterling Hearts MI 48310
Onsite Requirements
Strong Mechanical Design & Packaging Experience (NX or Creo + GD&T)
Shock/Vibration Isolation & LRU Mounting
Full Lifecycle Integration Experience (Prototype → Production)
Job Description
This position is for a mechanical engineer to design, develop and release LRU mounting, shock and vibration attenuation mounting, radio racks, brush guards, and all aspects of stowage on military ground vehicles.
Depending on workload demands, this person may also work in other areas such as fuel systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and automatic fire suppression systems, driver controls, lighting, crew seating, and other mechanical subsystems.
Responsibilities
Design and integrate shock/vibration LRU mounts, complete stowage packaging, and other mechanical elements into military vehicles. This will include working with suppliers to develop the subsystems and design components to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental and mine blast requirements.
Apply mechanics of materials, material selection, welding, and fabrication principles for mechanical components and complex welded brackets, mounting provisions.
Decompose vehicle performance requirements in order to perform system analysis and select appropriate components such as sensors, cables, handles, springs, pedals, and mechanisms and conduct detailed design of fluid system custom components.
Generate key characteristics, component specifications and perform component selection for supplier purchased parts.
Support various projects by doing analysis &design, drawing mark-ups, tolerance stacks and generating source data for engineering changes.
Write material requests and shop work requests, track delivery and stock of parts, participate in integration reviews, fit checks, and write reports.
Provide support to prototype and production vehicle build and follow-up, technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and redesign activities.
Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management.
Write test plans and perform testing and evaluation of systems.
Direct and oversee CAD model and drawing development.
Conduct failure analysis and corrective action along with responsible for technical writing and presentations.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (preferred), Mechatronics, or related field, from an ABET accredited program.
10+ years of engineering experience in the defense, aerospace, or automotive industry. Military land vehicle experience is preferred.
Prior experience with Teamcenter and Vis Mockup.
Experience creating and releasing components, assembly models, and detailed drawings using NX or Creo.
Experience creating drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.100 standards.
Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5.
Basic Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat skills are required.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and self-start.
Mind-set to work collaboratively in a team environment for program success.
Experience supporting prototype and/or production build activities.
Experience with root cause and corrective activities.
This client is a US Federal Government contractor and is legally required to hire US Citizens. US Citizens will only be considered for this role
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Distribution, and Engineering
Industries
Engineering Services, Professional Services, and Robotics Engineering
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